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Percival Lowell

- The Culture and Science of a Boston Brahmin

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Elder brother of Harvard President Lawrence and poet Amy, Percival Lowell is best known as the astronomer who claimed intelligent beings had built canals on Mars. But the Lowell who emerges here was a polymath: not just a self-taught astronomer, but a shrewd investor, skilled photographer, inspired public speaker, and adventure-travel writer.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674002913
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 352
  • Udgivet:
  • 15. februar 2001
  • Størrelse:
  • 156x235x33 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 689 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 5. december 2024

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Elder brother of Harvard President Lawrence and poet Amy, Percival Lowell is best known as the astronomer who claimed intelligent beings had built canals on Mars. But the Lowell who emerges here was a polymath: not just a self-taught astronomer, but a shrewd investor, skilled photographer, inspired public speaker, and adventure-travel writer.

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